Most schools in the U.S don't inform international students of what to expect when they start their college education here,.I am an international student from Rwanda and i am always so concerned about my fellow international students. The American education system is really different from that of other countries.
Most students are not informed of how different the grading system here is really diffrent.I did my high school and part of my college education in Kenya and Rwanda and i was really amazed how different the education system is like.I was used to British kind of system which you basically kind of have to get half of the total grade while here you have to aim at the top mark of fail.
It took me a while to really understand how the system really works.
I would suggest that schools that take international students should really give extra orientation to these students and make sure they understand before they start their classes.I think most schools assume that the students know the system but they really don't.I remember how no one explained to me about the adding and dropping of classes.I t took a whole semester to understand how the system really works.
I think advisors should help students out and inform them fully on what is expected of them and pick out classes for them that they can be able to do comfortably for the first semester.
International students also need to be informed about the American lifestyle and culture and what is right or wrong. Coming from a different country can be really difficult because everything is different from what one is used to but with a little help,life can be easier.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Myth about Coming to America
Most People especially from third world countries have always viewed America as the dream land. The Media portrays the country as the most beautiful place on earth and where dreams are realized in a blink.It makes people think that one doesn't have to work hard to achieve their goals. America has always been portrayed as some kind of paradise,that jobs are just there and very easy to find,that everything is just there and you don't have to break your back to get.
Some think there are no diseases or even hungry and homeless people,that all Americans are very rich.
Most Immigrants come to America thinking jobs are very easy to find and that its very easy to get rich here.But the truth is,in fact you get a step back from where you were in terms of achieving goals and dreams.This is because you have to start a new life,adapt yourself to the lifestyle and get into the system.It also takes a while before you can legally work depending on your visa.
Its a myth that maybe will always be.I kind of believed it until i came here and realized that the America i used to see on T.V barely exists.Having that picture of a paradise America in mind and then landing in Maine was not a good joke.In fact i thought i hadn't reached my destination yet.Bangor,ME,seemed so rural;it was the opposite of the imagination i had of the United States.
America is not a bed of roses as people who have never been to the country may think.It is amazing how people have to work odd and so many hours.It is all about hard work.One has to come over to understand this;That nothing comes easy.
I had never thought people would work for so many hours as they do here.I believe that's why the country is the most prosperous in the world;Hard work.
Some think there are no diseases or even hungry and homeless people,that all Americans are very rich.
Most Immigrants come to America thinking jobs are very easy to find and that its very easy to get rich here.But the truth is,in fact you get a step back from where you were in terms of achieving goals and dreams.This is because you have to start a new life,adapt yourself to the lifestyle and get into the system.It also takes a while before you can legally work depending on your visa.
Its a myth that maybe will always be.I kind of believed it until i came here and realized that the America i used to see on T.V barely exists.Having that picture of a paradise America in mind and then landing in Maine was not a good joke.In fact i thought i hadn't reached my destination yet.Bangor,ME,seemed so rural;it was the opposite of the imagination i had of the United States.
America is not a bed of roses as people who have never been to the country may think.It is amazing how people have to work odd and so many hours.It is all about hard work.One has to come over to understand this;That nothing comes easy.
I had never thought people would work for so many hours as they do here.I believe that's why the country is the most prosperous in the world;Hard work.
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